La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata
The new wing of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata is proposed to be located in the south west pocket of one of the most iconic educational campuses in Kolkata. Planned as an additional, and possibly the last building to come up on this heritage campus, the design attempts to uphold the unique spatial characteristics of the existing buildings, while simultaneously deviating from the classical spatial types to facilitate certain contemporary functions.
The drop-off to the building happens along an internal road, flanked on the opposite side by a colonnade of an existing building. The design echoes the colonnade, while providing spaces for congregation as well as protection from the weather. Layered by the colonnade, a more transparent base to the building is a disconnect from the monolithic classical base, reflecting a more post-modern idiom of steel and glass, with intermediate seating and congregation areas.
The academic spaces are conformed and repetitive. As the façade turns towards the school ground, the classical skin of the building begins to de-construct and expose the larger congregation spaces in the double-height swimming pool and multi-purpose hall, thus celebrating the context of colonial classicism with steel and glass.
Location
Rawdon Street, Kolkata
Area
50,000 Sqft
Project Duration
June 2019 –
Team
Animesh Nayak, Gaurav Banerjee, Anumoy Paul, Sayantani Kar
Material Palette
External sponge finish plaster finished with white paint
GFRC and POP mouldings
Glass with M.S Framework
IPS and Kota stone for public floors
Industrial truss and zinc alloy steel roof for the multi-purpose hall
Concrete paver blocks for hardscape areas
Interactive green wall with wooden decking on balconies
M.S flat grilles and louvers
